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Record Nr.

UNINA9910433253103321

Autore

Lohlker Rüdiger

Titolo

World wide warriors : how Jihadis operate online / / Rüdiger Lohlker (editor)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019

Göttingen : , : V&R Unipress : , : Vienna University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

3-7370-0938-4

3-8470-0938-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages)

Collana

Religion and transformation in contemporary European society ; ; Band 14

Disciplina

297.72

Soggetti

Jihad - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : confusion meets confusion / Rüdiger Lohlker -- Collective organizers : lone wolves, remote control, and virtual guidance / Rüdiger Lohlker -- Interrogating the electronic ribat : data science in the study of the jihadist movement / Ali Fisher -- A milestone for "Islamic State" propaganda : "the clanging of the swords, part 4" / Ali Fisher, Nico Prucha -- "Now you see me - now you don't" : analysing jihadists' online privacy-enhancing and counter-surveillance strategies / Clemens Holzgruber.

Sommario/riassunto

The contributions of this volume aim at a new, evidence based approach to Jihadism studies. What is the structure of Jihadi online communication and the dissemination of operational material online? Which errors were made by conventional Jihadism research? Which programs, apps, etc. use Jihadis to further their online communication? Next to these questions the contributors discuss the evident inability to understand basic mathematical principles in conventional Jihadism research and consider a very important video as a case study of Jihadi online communication, stressing the linguistic and theological shortcomings of conventional research. The volume is based on the understanding of theological elements as a vital part of Jihadi communication.